Just to expand on yesterday’s post about buying a gift for someone you’ve never met, I really think I was on to something.
I found this website called wants for sale via the Urban Outfitters blog. This guy and his wife paint pictures (which I reckon I could do) of things they want, then they sell the canvas for the exact amount that the item they painted/want is worth. So for example they have painted an iPhone and they are trying to sell that canvas for $649.17.
By the looks of things this has been a very successful venture for them with lots of the canvases being sold. I wonder if they’ll have any interest in the financial security one.
Anyway, would that change your opinion on yesterday’s post. If I was to paint said shiny new iMac on a fairly large canvas… would you buy it for £799?
p.s. I did intend to write a new question today, but it was photo related and I am having camera problems. Check back on Monday… or Tuesday, or maybe Wednesday. That is all.
August 10th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
No
August 10th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
You must REALLY want that iMac! It doesn’t change my opinion, which was pro- buying things for people I haven’t met, anyway, but if I had $1600, it would go toward a wheelchair for my dog. Then vet bills. Then a hosting upgrade and a domain name. Then pizza. Pffft. You get the pictures…
August 13th, 2007 at 7:02 am
No, but I’d spend $12 on the buffalo wings painting!
August 13th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
No, but I’d definitely be interested in that steak painting (that sounds so great right now)! I’d also take the sleep painting as well. God knows I could use more of that!